Upcoming Cast Recordings

By Krissie Fullerton
05 Jan 2010

Here is a survey of upcoming and recent cast album releases (and significant Broadway-related recordings).



FORTHCOMING

 

La Cage Aux Folles

  • Release: TBD
  • Writers: Jerry Herman & Harvey Fierstein
  • Performers: Douglas Hodge, Kelsey Grammer, A.J. Shively, Veanne Cox, Robin de Jesús, Christine Andreas, Elena Shaddow

Sondheim on Sondheim

  • Release: August  31, 2010
  • Writers: Stephen Sondheim
  • Performers: Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat, Vanessa Williams, Euan Morton, Matthew Scott, Norm Lewis, Leslie Kritzer, Erin Mackey
  • Miscellaneous: Recorded June 6-7

The Scottsboro Boys

  • Release: TBD
  • Writers: John Kander and the late Fred Ebb
  • Performers: John Collum, Brandon Victor Dixon, Coleman Domingo, Sean Bradford, Josh Breckenridge, Derrick Cobey, Rodney Hicks, Kendrick Jones, Forrest McClendon, Julius Thomas III, Sharon Washington, Cody Ryan Wise and Christian Dante White.

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

  • Release: TBD
  • Writers: Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman
  • Performers: Benjamin Walker, River Aguirre, James Barry, Michael Crane, Michael Dunn, Greg Hildreth, Jeff Hiller, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Maria Elena Ramirez, Kate Cullen Roberts, Ben Steinfeld, Colleen Werthmann and Emily Young.
  • Miscellaneous: Produced by Sh-K-Boom Records

Million Dollar Quartet

  • Release: TBA
  • Producers: Chuck Mead with Hank Neuberger
  • Writers: music and lyrics by various (Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley), book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
  • Performers: Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Levi Kreis, Robert Britton Lyons, Elizabeth Stanley & Hunter Foster
  • Miscellaneous: Recorded on March 22, 2010

A Tale of Two Cities

  • Release: TBA
  • Writers: music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello (plus one song by lyricist Santoriello and composer Frank Wildhorn)
  • Performers: James Barbour, Natalie Toro, Brandi Burkhardt and others participating in the June 2009 staging at Theater Royal, Brighton, England.
  • Miscellaneous: The CD accompanies the PBS broadcast and DVD of the concert event.

My Vaudeville Man!

  • Release: TBA
  • Writers: music by Bob Johnston and lyrics by Johnston and Jeff Hochhauser.
  • Performers: Karen Murphy and Shonn Wiley.
  • Miscellaneous: Based on the 2008 York Theatre Company production, the CD was recorded Jan. 2.

The Black Monk

  • Release: TBA
  • Writers: music and lyrics by Wendy Kesselman.
  • Performers: Austin Pendleton, Elon Rutberg, Julie Craig and Scott Robertson.
  • Miscellaneous: Based on the 2008 Off-Broadway production, the CD was recorded May 25.

Tomorrow Morning

  • Release: TBA
  • Writers: music and lyrics by Laurence Mark Wythe.
  • Performers: Charissa Armon, Michael Mahler, Jonathan Rayson and Emily Thompson.
  • Miscellaneous: The cast recording is based on the Chicago-premiere staging at the Greenhouse Theatre.

Back in the Day

  • Release: TBA
  • Writers: music and lyrics by Lance Horne.
  • Performers: Cast of the Cap Cod Repertory Theatre production.
  • Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Sept. 26.

People Like Us

  • Release: TBA
  • Label: Jay Records
  • Writers: music by Todd Almond, lyrics by Almond and Gus Kaikkonen
  • Performers: Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob.

The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

  • Release: TBA
  • Producer: T-Bone Burnett
  • Writers: music and lyrics by John Mellencamp, book by Stephen King
  • Performers: Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Costello, Roseanne Cash, Will Daily, Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin, John Mellencamp, Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Joe Frazier, Stephen King and Glenn Morshower.

No Recording Announced:

  • The Burnt Part Boys
  • The Kid

Other Recordings:

Jane Krakowski - Laziest Girl In The World - July 13, 2010
Julie Atherton - No Space for Air - June 6, 2010
Things To Ruin - June 2010
Liza Minnelli - Confessions - September 21, 2010

AVAILABLE NOW

 

Promises, Promises

  • Release: June 22, 2010
  • Writers:  Burt Bacharach and Hal David
  • Performers: Kristin Chenoweth, Sean Hayes, Dick Latessa, Tony Goldwyn, Katie Finneran, Brooks Ashmanskas, Peter Benson, Seán Martin Hingston, Ken Land, Cameron Adams, Ashley Amber, Helen Anker, Nathan Balser, Wendi Bergamini, Nikki Renee Daniels, Sarah Jane Everman, Chelsea Krombach, Keith Kuhl, Matt Loehr, Mayumi Miguel, Brian O'Brien, Sarah O'Gleby, Adam Perry, Megan Sikora, Matt Wall, Ryan Watkinson and Kristen Beth Williams

The Addams Family

  • Release: June 8, 2010
  • Writers: music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
  • Performers: Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Terrence Mann, Carolee Carmello, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Zachary James, Adam Reigler, Wesley Taylor, and Krysta Rodriguez

 

Life Begins at 8:40

  • Release: June 8
  • Writers: Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg
  • Performers: Kate Baldwin, Philip Chaffin, Christopher Fitzgerald, Montego Glover, Rebecca Luker, Brad Oscar, Faith Prince, Graham Rowat and Jessica Stone.

Fela!

  • Release: June 8
  • Writers: Anikulapo-Kuti, Bill T. Jones, Jim Lewis
  • Performers: Sahr Ngaujah, Lillias White, Saycon Sengbloh and the 2009 Broadway Cast.
  • Miscellaneous: Recorded on March 8.

Everyday Rapture 

  • Release: April 27, 2010
  • Writers: Features songs made famous by David Byrne, George Harrison, The Dap Kings and Judy Garland
  • Performers: Sherie Rene Scott, Betsy Wolfe and Lindsay Mendez
  • Miscellaneous: Orchestrations by Tom Kitt, Book by Sherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan

American Idiot

  • Release: April 20, 2010
  • Writers: Music and Lyrics by Green Day.
  • Performers: John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Tony Vincent, Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Mary Faber, Christina Sajous and the rest of the Original Broadway Cast

A Little Night Music

  • Release: April 6, 2010
  • Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Hugh Wheeler.
  • Performers: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury, Alexander Hanson and the 2009 Broadway revival cast.
  • Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Jan. 4, 2010

Memphis

  • Release: March 30, 2010
  • Writers: music by David Bryan and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.
  • Performers: Chad Kimball, Montego Glover, J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart, Cass Morgan, Derrick Baskin and Tony nominee Michael McGrath and the 2009 Broadway cast.
  • Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Nov. 16.

Wonderland Concept Album

  • Release: March 30, 2010 (Digital)
  • Writers: Frank Wildhorn
  • Performers: Janet Dacal, Jose Llana, Karen Mason, Darren Ritchie, Nikki Snelson, Tad Wilson, Julie Brooks, Ed Staudenmayer

Love Never Dies

  • Release: March 9, 2010
  • Writers: music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater.
  • Performers: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Joseph Millson and Liz Robertson.
  • Miscellaneous: Dress Circle is currently accepting pre-orders for the recordings, which are priced £9.99 (two-CD set) and £14.99 (two CDs and one DVD). For more information visit www.dresscircle.co.uk.

Vanities

  • Release: Feb 2, 2010
  • Label: Sh-K-Boom
  • Writers: music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum.
  • Performers: Lauren Kennedy, Sarah Stiles and Anneliese van der Pol.

Rooms: A Rock Romance

  • Release: Feb. 2, 2010
  • Label: Time Life
  • Writer: Music and Lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman
  • Performers: Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger

Finian's Rainbow (2009 Revival Cast)

  • Release: Feb. 2, 2010
  • Label: PS Classics
  • Writers: Music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Yip Harburg.
  • Performers: Jim Norton, Kate Baldwin, Cheyenne Jackson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Chuck Cooper, and the 2009 Broadway Revival Cast.

     

Other Recordings:

Laura Bell Bundy - Achin' and Shakin' - April 12, 2010
Melora Hardin - All the Way to Mars - Feb. 9, 2010
Hair (2009 vinyl release) - Sh-K-Boom - Nov. 24
New York City Christmas - Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records - Nov. 17
Dan Zanes and Friends: 76 Trombones - Nov. 17
Marcy and Zina: The Album - Yellow Sound - Nov. 3
Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein: The Power of Two - Harbinger Records - Nov. 3
Brent Barrett: Christmas Mornings - Kritzerland - Nov
Cry For Us All (reissue) - Kritzerland - Nov.
Carols for a Cure 11 - Rock-It Science Records - Oct. 24
Liz Callaway: Passage of Time - PS Classics - Oct. 20
Kate Baldwin: Let's See What Happens - PS Classics - Oct. 20
Rebecca Luker: Greenwich Time - PS Classics - Oct. 20
Chita Rivera: And Now I Swing - Yellow Sound - Oct. 13
Sean McDermott: You're Not Alone - Oct
Annalene Beechey: Close Your Eyes - SimG Records - Oct. 5
Barbra Streisand: Love Is the Answer - Columbia - Sept. 29
Steve Barton: Only For a While - Stage Door Records - Sept. 27
Elaine Paige: Celebrating a Life on Stage - Sept. 21
Twiggy: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance - Stage Door Records - Sept. 14
Listen: Songs by Our Time Theatre Company - Sh-K-Boom - June 23
House of Flowers (1968 Off-Broadway revival) - Kritzerland - June
DisinHAIRited (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
Hazel Flagg (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
Jimmy (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
The Last Sweet Days of Isaac (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
Let It Ride! (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
New Faces of 1952 (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
New Faces of 1956 (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April
The Threepenny Opera (reissue) - Masterworks Broadway - April